How has the mission evolved to this point, and what have been the factors behind this evolution? In over 190 years since the Academy’s establishment, its mission has changed numerous times, primarily influenced by four factors: "wars, national...

The United States Military Academy’s Corps of Cadets is an organization steeped in tradition. Each class of cadets view change as a weakening of their link to the classes that have preceded them. Rites of passage, such as hazing, linger because...